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I do not believe the soil or soil biota could is anyway identical to what it was 10,000 yrs ago what with water run-off into and out of the parks forested area. davidkentholt (davidkentholt@yahoo. com) davidkentholt (davidkentholt@yahoo. com) johndisoja21 (johndisoja21@gmail. com)

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  1. auxiliary verb Used to indicate ability or permission in the past: I could run faster then. Only men could go to the club in those days.
  2. auxiliary verb Used with hypothetical or conditional force: If we could help, we would.
  3. auxiliary verb Used to indicate tentativeness or politeness: I could be wrong. Could you come over here?

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  • The poor fellow, having read this in German, could not restrain a movement of anger, seeing which, the general, thinking he had resisted the order, ordered him out, threatening him with his riding- whip. —  The Private Life of Napoleon, V12
  • I do not believe the soil or soil biota could is anyway identical to what it was 10,000 yrs ago what with water run-off into and out of the parks forested area. davidkentholt (davidkentholt@yahoo. com) davidkentholt (davidkentholt@yahoo. com) johndisoja21 (johndisoja21@gmail. com) —  Memphis Flyer
  • For example, alternative search results submitted in German could be available only to users located in Germany or only to users who use a search system interface presented in German. —  SEO by the Sea
  • Rui Chenggang, who is polished and articulate in English, could be such an ambassador. —  Imagethief
  • But his extended absence could -- could -- be a blessing in disguise for a team that has been citing good team chemistry as an excuse to not utilize its assets and make the talent around LeBron even better. —  MVN
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  1. The l has been improperly introduced into this word after the assumed analogy of would and should, where the l, though now silent, is historically correct. The historical orthography is coud, from Middle English coude, from Anglo-Saxon cūthe: see further under can.
 

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